Lady&#39;s reversible handbag



HTTUR/VEX Feb. 13, 1945. H, K URY 2,369,239

LADY'S REVERSIBLE HANDBAG I Filed May 1?? 1943 Y JNVENTOR.

fiea ge li bjwurg I Patented Feb. 13, 1945 UNITED STATES PA'IEIJT OFFICE r LADYS mvnnsmns HANDBAG George ILKhoirry, Corona, Y. i Application May 17, 194a,,seria1 No. 487,388

Q 3 Claims. (01. ism-2s) This invention relates to imDrQVements in ladies accessories, and more particularly to improvements in hand bags conventionally carried y ladies- .3

The wardrode of every well-dressed woman comprises a plurality of dresses of different colors and patterns, as well. as a plurality of. diiferent coats. Inasmuch as fashion dictates that accessories used harmonize with each dress or coat, or carry out somep-redetermined color scheme, it is necessary that. awoman, to be well-dressed, own several hand bags. Ownership of a plurality of such hand bags has however been found to be a costly matter, and the necessitycf transfering the contents of one bag to another is rec.- ognized by women to take up considerable time and efiort.

Therefore, it is the chief aim of my invention to provide a reversible hand bag, which may be carried with its inner or outer face exposed.

It is a further advantage of my invention to provide a hand bag the inner face of which differs from its outer face in color, design, pattern, material or in any other desirable way, and to provide means for reversing the bag so that either its inner or its outer facemay be exposed.

A still further purpose of the present invention resides in the provision of a reversible hand bag made of a unitary piece of material, each side of the bag being provided with a retaining member,

which may be removed and replaced at will, so

that the bag may be reversed.

Yet another aim of this invention lie in the" provision of areversible hand bag of simple con.- struction, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and which is highly efficient in its use. r

And it is yet another object of the present invention to provide a hand bag of this character, which may be reversed in a few minutes, without the use of any tools and without requiring any skill.

These and other meritorious objects and advantages, which will become more fully apparent as the description hereof proceeds, are accom- Plished by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of few and simple parts, here} inafter described and illustrated in the accomjpanying drawing, constituting a material component of this disclosure, and in which: f

Figure 1 is a front elevational View of a reversible hand bag, constructed in accordance with the present invention, the flap or cover portion being open. a I

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the device, th section being taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

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Figure '3 is a, perspective view of the device, partly open and partly exploded, to show the relative arrangement of the several parts; and

Figure! is a front elevational view of a modified form of this invention.

Referring in greater detail to the drawing, the hand bag It] illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive is of the type commercially referred to as an envelope bag, and comprises an outer face H,

an inner face l2, a flap or cover portion I3 and a substantially flat bottom 32. This bag may be made of leather, cloth, patent leather or any other desirable and suitable fabric. As is best illustrated in Figure 3, bag In is made of a unitary material, flapi3 being demarked from the upon itself throughout'the length of the bag and secured thereto by stitching, gluing, pasting or in any other suitable manner, to form narrow vertical beads tfi'and [6 respectively, one on each as will hereinafter become apparent.

wood, plastic or any other desirable and suitable composition. Retaining members I! and I8 are substantially rectangular in cross-section and of relatively narrow width. Throughout its entire length, each longitudinal edge of members I! and I8 is provided with a groove, as is indicated at 23, 24, 25 and 26, the, grooves being wide enough to accommodate beads l5 and I6 respectively, which are'adapted to be entered therein. vThe grooves terminate in arcuate openings 21,

28, 29 and 30 the purpose of which will presently be explained. A conventional press-button 3| and its female counterpart 32 may be provided to close the cover l3.

and others will be seen as occasions arise. instance, instead of employing four guide strings do not differ from retaining elements I! and I8 hereabove described, hence require no further description here.

a In operation, when it is desired to reverse the bag illustrated in Figure 1, so that the inner face I2 will be exposed, bows 33 and 34 are untied, the

bag held in one hand, while retaining elements I! and is are pulled upwardly, one at a time to disengage vertical beads l5 and Hi from grooves 23, 24, and 26. The bag 'is then folded upon itself by swinging it outwardly, until the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2 of the drawing is achieved. Each retaining member is then replaced eparately. Guide strings l9 and 20.

are then entered into grooves 23 and 25 respectively, and the retaining member ll" caused to slide downwardly upon these guide strings until the bottom of member I 1 makes contact with the upper edge of'bead l5, whereupon the bead is forced into the lower end of the grooves '23 and 25. The retaining member is then caused to slide along the bead, by pulling the strings upwardly, until it reaches the bottom portion 32 of the bag, whereupon the ends of the guide strings l9 and 20 are tied into a bow or otherwise Secured. Member I8 is re-inserted in a like manner.

The form illustrated in Figure 4 differs only in that no cover is used. Instead there is employed a pivotally secured clamp, which will close the bag in the manner illustrated in Figure 4' when the bag is in one position, and when'the bag is in reversed position, groove 40 will engage the upper edges of the bag instead of groove 42.

Many modifications of this bag are apparent, For

i9, 20, 2| and 22, two such strings may be employed, one for each side of the bag, the ends of which will extend beyond the bag, in the same manner as is here illustrated. Instead of strings, it may be desirable to use link chains or other more ornamental guide elements. Instead of securing clamp 40 to the bag, a conventional upper frame may be used, to which clamp 40 may be pivotally secured. Also it may be desirable to eliminate retaining members I! and I8 and in their stead reversible Zippers may be used to achieve the same end. Cover fastening means I of this invention.

other than snap buttons may also be employed.

The bag itself may be made of any desirable ma-,

terial, and the inner face may differ from its outer face either in color, material, shading design etc. vA change purse may be provided by securing a small hook to each retaining member, and a change purse or compact and rouge pouch mounted on a chain may be secured between these hooks and easily removed when it is desired to reverse the bag.

Thus there have been shown and described the preferred embodiments of a simple, yet highly efficient reversible bag. This disclosure however is to be regarded as illustrative and descriptive,

of the preferred embodiments and not a limitative or restrictive to the exact details shown. Applicant reserves the right to make such changes and modifications in the construction of his device as come within the scope of the appended claims without thereby departing from the spirit What is claimed as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In combination with a reversible bagcomprising a unitary piece of material divided" by crease lines to form the front, back, bottom and cover flap, a narrow vertical bead formed at each longitudinal edge of said material throughout the length of said frontfback and bottom forming a pair of longitudinal beads, a pair of substantially rectangular side elements, and a vertical groove having a restricted opening throughout 7 each longitudinal edge of said side elements in which said beads are adapted to be removably retained to form abag. 1 1

2. In combination with a reversible bag comprising a front, back, bottom and cover flap, a pair'of beads formed integrally therewith, each of said beads formed respectively throughout each vertical edge of said front and back,'a pair of sideelements, each of said side elements substantially rectangular in cross-section, each' of said side elements provided with a pair of grooves having restricted openings, one throughout each vertical ed e of each of said side members, said? longitudinal edges of said front, bottom and back formed each with an integral hollow, vertical bead, a guide strap ineach vertical bead, a pair' of'narrow side elements of rectangularcrosssection, and a vertical groove throughout each vertical edge of each of said side elements, said 

